Chronic Low Back Pain?

San Francisco Chiropractor Comments:

Do you suffer with Chronic Low Back Pain (LBP)? If so, you are not alone. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes, just about everyone has had (at some point) back pain that interferes with their life somehow. Back Pain is the second most common neurological ailment in the United States...headaches are #1.

Men and women are equally affected, and low back pain occurs most often between age 30-50. The risk of low back pain from degenerated discs, herniated discs, or spinal arthritis, increases with age.

Chronic low back pain is defined as back pain that persists for 3 months or more. It is often progressive and the cause can be hard to determine.

Check out the link above for some very good information and insight on LBP.

My opinion is that nothing beats traditional chiropractic care for acute or chronic LBP. When chiropractic fails to deliver there is nonsurgical spinal decompression.

Your lifestyle choices also matter...especially your food choices and exercise habits...even the amount of mental stress you have in your life.

So yes...chronic low back pain can be hard to diagnose and treat...but at the same time, it just depends on your treatment choices and willingness to make lifestyle changes...you have more control than you think.

Dr. Eben Davis is clinic director of Executive Express Chiropracticin downtown San Francisco. He can be reached at 415-392-2225.

Comments

[Susan F]

Searching the internet for more information on back pain, I found this site.
I have Sacroiliac arthritis from older gymnastics injuries and aside from temporary relief with anti-inflammatory pills, I stumbled upon something amazing that works a whole lot better than pills!
GREEN TEA!
The pain is almost unbearable after working in the garden so I rehydrate myself with Green Tea and as soon as the first swallows are in me, the pain absolutely subsides.
Thinking the pain gets worse with dehydration, I tried tap water, ice water, iced coffee and cranberry juice - they do not work for the pain.
Drinking green tea in the evenings - I am pain free throughout the night and can get out of bed in the morning with little if any back pain.

I make a tea mixture of 5 bags of Harney & Sons Japanese Sencha tea to 2 quarts of water. (Any brand works just Use more tea bags for other brands). I keep it in the refrigerator and drink the 2 quarts throughout the day.

Try it for yourself. You just have pain to lose.

[Cole F.]

Inversion therapy is the best treatment for back pain and sciatica that I know of. In 04 I had to get back surgery for a herniated disc. Nearly 2 years after surgery I STILL had painful and crippling sciatica, weak legs and pain. A friend of mine turned me on to inversion therapy and I have been hanging upside down ever since. what I’ve learned through treating with inversion therapy is that although we feel pain in our backs, the pain really originates in the core, stomach or ab muscles. As I inverted I felt my abs start to loosen as the spasms were stretched away. As my abs relaxed they loosened their grip on my hip muscles, thighs and of course my back muscles. Once these muscles were also relaxed my lower back and pelvis were free to go back into alignment and as they did my sciatica disappeared. I have been virtually pain free for 3 years now because of inversion therapy and I want the world to know! Inversion therapy has literally saved my life. Do some research yourself and see if you think inversion therapy can help you as it did me. Inversion Therapy

Earlier this year I actually started a web site dedicated to getting out the word of how inversion therapy can help those with sciatica and back pain, before and after surgery. Check it out of you like. All my best.

Cole